# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 4.9.5

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 4, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/4.9.5

Καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τοῦ μὲν ἄλλου πυροῦ δοκεῖ τοῦ Ἀθήναζε καταπλέοντος ὁ σικελικὸς ἰσχυρότατος εἶναι, τούτου δ' ἔτι βαρύτερος μᾶλλον ὁ βοιώτιος ὥσπερ ἐν ταῖς ἱστορίαις εἴρηται· καὶ γὰρ ἡ χώρα πίειρα καὶ ὁ ἀὴρ ψυχρός. Καὶ τὰ ἄλλα γένη τῶν καρπῶν παραπλησίως ἔχει τῇ βαρύτητι. Ἐν δὲ ταῖς Πιεσάγγαις ὁ διαρρηγνύων ὃν εἴπαμεν ὑπερβάλλων δῆλον ὅτι τῇ βαρύτητι. Ὁ δὲ ποντικὸς κουφότατος καὶ σκληρότατος καίπερ ψυχροῦ τοῦ ἀέρος ὄντος ὅτι καὶ τὰ σπέρματα καὶ τὰ ἐδάφη κουφότερα καὶ ἡ χιὼν συνεκπέττει μᾶλλον.

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Theophrastus Phil., De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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